About us

We need nature and it needs us. We’re here to make the world wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone. We’re helping to make life better – for wildlife, for people and for future generations.

Wildlife Trusts Wales (WTW) is part of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT) a registered charity founded in 1912 and one of the founding members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Across the UK there are 46 local Wildlife Trusts that work together as a federation known as The Wildlife Trusts. Our purpose is to bring wildlife back, to empower people to take meaningful action for nature, and to create an inclusive society where nature matters. 

A key part of WTW work is influencing the Welsh Parliament to build the case for progressive policies and legislation that contribute to nature’s recovery. We also work on increasing funding to enable nature's recovery and to deliver nature-based solutions to climate change. All of this is to create a thriving natural world, where wildlife and natural habitats play a valued role in addressing the climate and ecological emergencies, and everyone is inspired to get involved in nature’s recovery.

WTW works in partnership with the five Wildlife Trusts in Wales to help secure a Wales that is wilder and more biodiverse. The Wildlife Trusts in Wales employ over 180 members of staff and have over 2,000 incredible volunteers. Our work would not be possible without our 31,000 dedicated members whose support helps manage over 230 nature reserves. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities and is committed to the promotion of the Welsh language.

The next 10 years will be critical in determining what kind of world we will all live in. We need to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if we are to prevent climate and ecological disasters. It will require key stakeholders and the public to take action for nature’s recovery. This will require big, bold changes in the way we think and operate and the development of a strong, collaborative culture. We have already made great strides in the development of our nature restoration work, and we are now ready to build on this success.

How we work together

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People are part of nature; everything we value ultimately comes from it and everything we do has an impact on it.

The natural world is valuable in its own right, and is the foundation of our wellbeing and prosperity; we depend on it and it depends on us.

Everyone deserves to live in a healthy, wildlife-rich natural world.

Everyone should have the opportunity to experience the joy of wildlife in their daily lives.

For more than a century The Wildlife Trusts across the UK have been saving wildlife and wild places, increasing people’s awareness and understanding of the natural world, and deepening people’s relationship with it.

We work on land and sea, from mountain tops to the seabed, from hidden valleys and coves to city streets.  Wherever you are, Wildlife Trust people, places and projects are never far away, improving life for wildlife and people together, within communities of which we are a part.

We look after more than 2,300 nature reserves, covering 98,500 hectares, and operate more than 100 visitor and education centres in every part of the UK, on Alderney and the Isle of Man.

By working in partnership we can have a bigger impact for wildlife. Across the UK we work closely with schools, colleges and universities, with hundreds of farmers and landowners, fishermen and divers; with thousands of companies, big and small;  with community groups and other environmental organisations;  with lotteries, charitable trusts and foundations;  with politicians from across the political spectrum;  with local and national governments; and more.

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